IP Library Granted Patent US 12,303,044
Granted Patent B2
US 12,303,044 · App. 18/671,860 · Granted May 20, 2025

Display assemblies

Inventors: William Thomas Smith (Fair Oaks, CA); Cheryl Ann Smith (Fair Oaks, CA)
Assignee: ALL PLASTIC, INC.
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Patent No.
US 12,303,044
App. No.
18/671,860
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An illuminable display assembly including (a) a housing having a base securable to a support surface, a platform detachably mounted to the base, and a generally enclosed interior bounded from above by the platform. The platform includes a plurality of illuminable windows spaced apart from each other therealong. The display assembly further includes (b) a plurality of retractable tethers mounted to the platform in the interior of the housing. The tethers fasten corresponding display containers to the platform and urge the display containers to predetermined positions adjacent corresponding windows. The display assembly further includes (c) a lighting system including one or more interior light sources in the interior of the housing for illuminating the windows and display containers from below.

Claims (20)

1. A display assembly, comprising:

a) a display stand for supporting at least one display container;

b) at least one retractable tether coupled to the display stand for fastening the at least one display container to the display stand; and

c) a lighting system integrated with the display stand and including one or more light sources positioned for illuminating the at least one display container.

2. The display assembly of claim 1 , wherein the display stand has a platform for supporting the at least one display container, and the one or more light sources include one or more underside light sources positioned under the platform for illuminating the at least one display container from below.

3. The display assembly of claim 2 , wherein the platform has at least one illuminable portion atop of which the at least one display container is supportable, and wherein the one or more underside light sources illuminate the at least one display container through the at least one illuminable portion.

4. The display assembly of claim 3 , wherein the at least one illuminable portion is translucent.

5. The display assembly of claim 3 , wherein the at least one illuminable portion comprises at least one window in the platform.

6. The display assembly of claim 2 , wherein the display stand has a generally enclosed interior bounded from above by the platform, and the one or more underside light sources are in the interior.

7. The display assembly of claim 6 , wherein the at least one tether is mounted in the interior of the display stand and extends through a tether port in the display stand for fastening to the at least one display container.

8. The display assembly of claim 1 , wherein the display stand has a generally enclosed interior, and the one or more light sources comprise one or more interior light sources in the interior for illuminating the at least one display container through an illuminable portion of the display stand.

9. The display assembly of claim 1 , wherein the one or more light sources comprise one or more overtop light sources positioned for illuminating the at least one display container from above.

10. The display assembly of claim 9 , wherein the one or more overtop light sources are mounted to an overhang extending overtop of the at least one display container when supported on the display stand.

11. The display assembly of claim 1 , wherein the display stand has an exterior surface and at least one recess in the exterior surface, each recess shaped for nesting of a respective display container in the recess.

12. The display stand of claim 11 , wherein the exterior surface and the at least one recess are inclined from horizontal for orienting the at least one display container at an oblique angle when nested in the at least one recess.

13. The display assembly of claim 11 , wherein each retractable tether permits limited movement of a respective display container away from the recess, and urges the display container back toward the recess.

14. The display assembly of claim 1 , wherein the at least one retractable tether comprises a plurality of retractable tethers for fastening a plurality of respective display containers to the display stand.

15. The display assembly of claim 1 , wherein the display stand includes a platform to which the at least one retractable tether is mounted and atop of which the at least one display container is supportable.

16. The display assembly of claim 15 , wherein the platform is detachable from a base of the display stand for transporting the at least one tether and at least one display container away from the base with the platform.

17. The display assembly of claim 16 , wherein the platform is detachable from the base without the one or more light sources.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 25, 2024
From: SMITH, WILLIAM THOMAS; SMITH, CHERYL ANN
To: ALL PLASTIC, INC.
Reel/Frame 069399/0429 →
Continuity (7)
Continuation 18239634 · Aug 29, 2023
Division 17870134 · Jul 21, 2022
Continuation In Part 29819653 · Dec 16, 2021
Continuation In Part 29808215 · Sep 17, 2021
Continuation In Part 29800501 · Jul 21, 2021
Provisional Application 63224235 · Jul 21, 2021
Related Publication 20240423390A1 · Dec 26, 2024
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